GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -The WTO has 164 members and 25 observer governments. Liberia became the 163rd member on 14 July 2016, and Afghanistan became the 164th member on 29 July 2016. In addition to states, the European Union, and each EU country in its own right, is a member.

Detailed explanation-2: -Afghanistan is the newest member, joining effective 29 July 2016. Russia was one of the only two large economies outside of the WTO after Saudi Arabia joined in 2005. It had begun negotiating to join the WTO’s predecessor in 1993.

Detailed explanation-3: -Afghanistan became the WTO’s 164th member on 29 July 2016.

Detailed explanation-4: -The World Trade Organization came into being on 1 January 1995. There were 76 Members from the beginning, and an additional 36 Members will have joined by 13 December 1995, bringing the total to 112.